Lovely Bubbly Valentines Day Cards for Kids

Do you like to use bubble wrap in your arts and crafts? Have you tried printing with it before? We are bubble wrap mad over here at Crafty Kids at Home and have been busy printing lovely bubbly hearts onto the front of Valentine’s Day cards. We are delighted to be taking part in Emma … Read more

Bubble Wrap Activity for Kids Spring Lambs Craft

February 1st marks the first day of spring over here in Ireland and our garden certainly seems to be in agreement with this. It is still very cold, but we have got a few green shoots appearing above the garden now. These little shots not only signify new life in our garden, but also better … Read more

Valentine’s Day Activities for Toddlers

Valentine’s Day is not too far away now, so we’ve been busymaking lots of heart shaped pictures to decorate our home with next month.  Bella has been kept busy with lots of paint and glitter filled activities, whilst the boys have been in school. Stamped Potato Shaped Hearts – I used a heart shaped cookie … Read more

Valentine’s Heart Painting with Waterbeads

  Waterbeads are a firm favourite with my kids and we are always looking for new ways to use them in our activities. Our favourites so far have been our “Pretend Baking” and “Witches Bubbling Brew” messy play activities. I have been trying to think of a way to incorporate waterbeads into one of our … Read more

Cotton Wool Ball Butterflies

 We had yet another wet day over here on the East coast of Ireland yesterday. So I set up a butterfly painting activity for Bella to help brighten up our morning, whilst the boys were in school.  I’ve been doing a lot of colour recognition activities with Bella over the last few weeks and I … Read more

Bubblewrap shape printing activity for toddlers and preschoolers

  We love to re-use ordinary household items in our arts and crafts. At the weekend we purchased a new set of wine glasses. They came wrapped in bubblewrap and were placed into a cardboard box for us to bring home safely.  Packaging materials are great to re-use in kids arts and crafts activities and … Read more

A little bit of imagination and a lot of pink paint!

    Doing arts and crafts with your children can be daunting to some, especially when you are faced with such perfect examples on the huge number of arts and crafts websites now available. However, not all arts and crafts projects take meticulous planning or require lengthy trips to the art and hobby store for … Read more